centaurion

Latin

Alternative forms

• centaurēum

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κενταύριον (kentaúrion), κενταύρειον (kentaúreion, “several plants related to Centaurea”), from κένταυρος (kéntauros, “centaur”) (due to the mythological discovery of its medicinal properties by Chiron the Centaur).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kenˈtau̯.ri.on/, [kɛn̪ˈt̪äu̯riɔn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃenˈtau̯.ri.on/, [t͡ʃen̪ˈt̪äːu̯rion]

Noun

centaurion n (genitive centauriī); second declension

1. Alternative form of centaurēum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).

	singular	plural
nominative	centaurion	centauria
genitive	centauriī	centauriōrum
dative	centauriō	centauriīs
accusative	centaurion	centauria
ablative	centauriō	centauriīs
vocative	centaurion	centauria

Derived terms

• centauria

References

• “centaurion”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• centaurion in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.